Sweeping compound



D Patented July 14, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM M. POWERS, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF '10 MERE CHANT & KILGORE, A. FIRM COMPOSED OF FRANK D. MERCHANT "AND HARRY D. KILGORE, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

SWEEPING COMPOUND. I I

No Drawing.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it .known that I, WILLIAM-M. POWERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey, and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sweeping Compounds; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to profacture into cordage, is treated with a-mineral oil to prevent the same from breaking, and to cause it to travelsmoothly through the various stages of machining. This oil also acts as a preservative for the cordage against vermin. At the time sisal hemp tailings are removed from a cordage factory,

substantially twenty-five per cent thereof is oil put in during the process of manufacturmg cordage.

The ingredients for my improved sweeping compound are sisal hemp tailings, sand,

m neral oil, and coloring. The proportions of these ingredients may be varied, but I have obtained a highly satisfactory and eflicient sweeping compound by the use of said ingredients in the following proportions, towit:

Pounds. Sisal hemp tailingsr 450 Sand 1, 600 Mineral oil (12 gallons) 90 Coloring 2 Application filed June 6, 1923. Serial No. 643,772.

.Sisal hemp tailings also includes a natural oil which greatly increases the elliciency of the sweeping compound and reduces the amount of oil required to be put into the sweeping compound during the manufacture thereof. The oil in the sweeping compound prevents the same from drying out or hemp tailings, sand and mineral oil'approximately in the following proportions:

' v Pounds. Sisal hemp tailings {150 Sand 1,600 Mineral oil l 90 p 4. A sweeping compound containing sisal hemp tailings, sand, mineral oil and coloring, approii imately in the following proportions:

- Pounds. Sisal hemp tailings 450 and 1,600 Mineral oil Qoloring 2 5, A sweeping compound including an abrasive substance and a cordage factory Waste by-product' in the nature-of hemp tailings containing mineral oil. Y In testimony whereof I aifix my signature. I

WILLIAM M. PoWERs.

. 60 3. A sweeping compound containing sisal 

